A man held by Tunisian authorities in connection with the deadly September attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya has been released by a judge, Tunisia's state news agency reported Tuesday.

Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo says more could be done to reach out to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram to find out what leads them to carry out acts of violence.

The iShack, being tested in South Africa, is a corrugated zinc shack fitted with a solar panel that can power lights and a phone charger.

Egypt is awash with guns since the revolution two years ago, and gun crimes are on the rise. CNN's Ian Lee reports.

Kenyan park rangers are hunting for a gang of poachers who they say killed eleven elephants and hacked off their tusks, the latest large slaughter of the animals to be reported amid insatiable global demand for ivory.